Here's the chance to come up with a Plot idea for a Film and sell it to the Media Industry for a fortune.

Just a rough outline of what the film will be about.

I'll kick off with:

Attack of the Giant Killer Sea Snails

Those quiet-looking tropical snails with their beautifully-patterned shells are actually predatory killers whose extraordinarily-toxic venom is under study for use in medical or even military applications.

Small Australian town has been dumping Castlemain XXXX into the sea for years (best place for it). Encouraged by a mysterious business man from Canberra (who is actually a government agent acting for the Australian Military).

We don't give a XXXX about the environment says the town mayor played by Crocodile Dundee actor and comedian Paul Hogan (he needs the work these days...Crocodile Dundee 3 was a bit of a flop).

British tourist tries to start a Barbie on the beach and hears a slithering noise...screams, blood, horror. No body but a trail of slime leading to a cave and a huge pile of bones.

Sea Snails have mutated into Giant harpoon firing Monsters.

Mayor tries to keep the beeches open, loads of tourists and nasty politicians get slimed and eaten.

Quotes: Crikey! Not even salt will stop the bastards!

It's a blockbuster...with snails.

The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.

black bart wrote:Quotes: Crikey! Not even salt will stop the bastards!

Osmosis be a wonderful thing but it don't work on shells Barty.

How about I ignore everything we know about police procedure, world government, science, religion and work it all into one giant conspiracy theory with no hint of sense or logic. I'd need a pseudonym to get that shite accepted. How does 'Dan Brown' sound?

Too old to give up but too young to rest - Pete Townshend

I would rather be a rising ape than a falling angel - Sir Terry Pratchett

black bart wrote:Quotes: Crikey! Not even salt will stop the bastards!

Osmosis be a wonderful thing but it don't work on shells Barty.

How about I ignore everything we know about police procedure, world government, science, religion and work it all into one giant conspiracy theory with no hint of sense or logic. I'd need a pseudonym to get that shite accepted. How does 'Dan Brown' sound?

That just goes to show how easy it is...I'd change the brown bit though, people could associate it with a certain substance.

I like you Daftbeaker but I cannot hide my disappointment that you weren't MGM or George Lucas...Giant Snails...come on it's Slimetastic!

The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.

Well, given how Lucas and Spielberg butchered Indiana Jones you might have more luck approaching them about a fourth sequel. I can imagine the meeting now:Bart - "Well, how about this. We continue abandoning all pretence at maintaining a unifying theme and central progession of the story, we'll have Indiana Jones searching for the Sapphire Pearl. Unfortunately, it turns out that when he takes the SP it awakens thousands of huge evil snails from before the dawn of time who rise to the surface from their underground cities where they have lain sleeping for aeons. They proceed to lay waste to a lot of important monuments very slowly. Ultimately, we're saved by constructing an enormous blackbird that can bash the snails against rocks, breaking their shells and leaving them vulnerable to massive amounts of salt, delivered by helicopters? The helicopter bit can be guest-directed by Michael Bay to give him another opportunity to have an enormous ego-wank over the US military. Whaddya think?"Lucas and Spielberg - "Wurble wurble sclup, my old man's a dustbin, whoops Mr Jelly here comes the artichoke etc."

Too old to give up but too young to rest - Pete Townshend

I would rather be a rising ape than a falling angel - Sir Terry Pratchett

daftbeaker wrote:Well, given how Lucas and Spielberg butchered Indiana Jones you might have more luck approaching them about a fourth sequel. I can imagine the meeting now:Bart - "Well, how about this. We continue abandoning all pretence at maintaining a unifying theme and central progession of the story, we'll have Indiana Jones searching for the Sapphire Pearl. Unfortunately, it turns out that when he takes the SP it awakens thousands of huge evil snails from before the dawn of time who rise to the surface from their underground cities where they have lain sleeping for aeons. They proceed to lay waste to a lot of important monuments very slowly. Ultimately, we're saved by constructing an enormous blackbird that can bash the snails against rocks, breaking their shells and leaving them vulnerable to massive amounts of salt, delivered by helicopters? The helicopter bit can be guest-directed by Michael Bay to give him another opportunity to have an enormous ego-wank over the US military. Whaddya think?"Lucas and Spielberg - "Wurble wurble sclup, my old man's a dustbin, whoops Mr Jelly here comes the artichoke etc."

You're on to something there. I don't mind lots of helicopters as long as can we get Kate Beckinsale in the film somehow?

The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.

A retarded boy is being held prisoner in Nazi Germany as part of their "purification" plans, but the prison guard (played by Daniel-Day Lewis) takes a liking to the boy. The boy's mother is a poor, black woman from Louisiana, who is played by Meryl Streep.

I smell Oscar sweep!

"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan

"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré

And Halle Berry plays a cameo so she can go and collect the Oscar and make a speech...

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."I linked the number of MPs to the number of votes. If you'd done a real Science degree you'd understand sticking to the point." ~ daftbeaker.

Sure, Halle Berry can show up for a scene or two and collect best supporting (isn't that what Penelope Cruz did on Vicky Christina Barcelona?).

"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan

"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré